Seattle reporter Eugene Johnson and San Diego correspondent Elliot Spagat for exclusively obtaining a Customs and Border Protection memo that showed the agency knew Greyhound and other bus operators could refuse searches by border patrol agents. Greyhound had long contended it was powerless to stop the searches. The reporting got widespread attention and led to Johnson being interviewed on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” https://bit.ly/2HECqFe
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Customs and Border Protection agents board a Greyhound bus at the Spokane Intermodal Center, a bus and rail terminal in Spokane, Wash., Feb. 13, 2020. A CBP memo obtained by the AP confirms that bus companies such as Greyhound do not have to allow border patrol agents on board to conduct routine checks for illegal immigrants, contrary to Greyhound’s long insistence that it has no choice but to let the agents on board.
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